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over the past 24 hours.

So, of course, we welcome the President's

decision to kind of

put the brakes on

the whole PI,

People's Initiative, cha-cha.

But I think we should even more welcome

the President's bold strategic move

to formally congratulate

the

newly elected,

democratically elected

leader of Republic of China,

otherwise known as

Taiwan.

So, ayon kay President

Marcos, on behalf of the Filipino

people, I congratulate President

Elect Lai Ching-te on his election

as Taiwan's next

president. We look forward

to close collaboration, strengthening

mutual interest, fostering

peace, and ensuring prosperity for our

peoples in the year ahead. Medyo may pakayunitim

ang dating. Medyo may pakamiss

universe, diba? But

important yan kasi nga.

Explain natin shortly. Now, let's go about

the next part, which is

also the response of

Vice President, outgoing Vice President

now incoming,

well, now President-elect

Lai Sabina.

Thank you, President Bongo Marcos

Jr. for your congratulations.

I deeply value the enduring

friendship between Taiwan and the

Philippines, and I look forward to enhancing

our economic and people-to-people ties while

championing democracy, peace, and

prosperity in the region. So, there are two important things

to keep in mind here. Two important things

to keep in mind. Don't worry, I'll let

you know what they are.

A, right,

Lai talked about

economic and people-to-people.

So, he didn't talk about anything geopolitical

or sensitive. So, that's good. He didn't say

something like defense of democracies,

you know, like holding back

forces of tyranny.

So, in fairness,

it was a very measured, calibrated

response from the leader of Taiwan.

On the second level,

he still mentioned that this is about

championing democracy and peace

and prosperity in the region. The whole rules

and rules-based order rhetoric

and the idea that Philippines and Taiwan

should be part of a kind of a

community of democracies. And some would

say kind of a wall, great wall

of democracy dito sa Asia.

O, parang magandang idea na, great wall of democracy.

Gamitin natin yan.

Okay, dun sa mga

sinulat natin. The great wall of democracy

from Taiwan, from

Japan, to Korea, to Taiwan,

to Philippines, to Indonesia,

to Australia. Yeah, this will be

the great wall of democracy.

Uy, gamitin ko yan, ha. Itutuit kayo

mamaya. Baka man ako. Baka nanakawin

ang iba dyan.

Okay, okay.

And then, pwede ko i-rotate ng ganyan. And then, that goes

all the way up, all the way side. Then, pupunta

siyang Indonesia. So, it goes like that. Parang

siyang half circle.

Japan, Korea, Taiwan,

Philippines,

Indonesia, Australia,

or actually, pwede siya bumaba sa Australia,

akyat sa Indonesia, and then, pumunta sa India.

So, you'll have something like this. Semi-circle.

Parang horseshoe. You'll have a horseshoe

or cow tongue.

Parang nine-dash line din yan, diba?

Of democracy.

So, that's quite interesting.

That is something quite interesting

that we have to keep in mind. Thailand,

nakomment ako sa Thailand kasi

neither democracy talaga

nor a real US treaty ally. So,

let's just skip it. At saka, gugulo yung map.

Ganyan, ganyan. Wag na lang.

O, hindi democracy ang Vietnam. Sorry.

Alam ko, mga algalit sila sa China, pero hindi sila

democracy. Hindi rin ang tatong

democracy ang... Well, I mean,

pwede ko isama Malaysia dyan, in fairness.

Medyo mas democratic sila ngayon. Pero hindi

Singapore, hindi ano. Okay.

Alright. Moving forward.

Pahamak tayo dito.

Eto, eto. Obviously,

at first glance,

it's big deal

because never nangyari yan na we have a sitting

president of the Philippines openly,

you know, congratulating,

et cetera.

And, in a way,

affirming the legitimacy

of the Taiwanese electoral process

because the position of China

is absolutely clear. Taiwan is a

renegade province. Their democratic election

is nothing but not even a municipal

elections. It has no legitimacy

whatsoever. At the end of the day,

the sovereignty of the greater China

including, including,

including the

Taiwanese, it

falls with Beijing.

And, of course, in Beijing right now, it's controlled

by the Communist Party of China.

So, essentially, the sovereignty over

the Chinese nation

and civilization belongs to the Communist Party.

Yun ang position nila. Diba?

So, President Marcos Jr., by making this statement,

is essentially rejecting that.

Right? But, at the same time,

wala naman sinabi si BBM masyado.

Sinabi lang, we look forward to close collaboration.

Okay, but that's very generic.

Strengthening mutual interests, fostering peace and ensuring...

So, it's very vague. It's very generic.

And, as I said, if you look at the response of

President Lai, it's also quite safe.

I mean, you know,

economic people to people, but, you know,

nothing more than that. Not intelligence sharing,

military, so on and so forth.

Obviously, hindi mo iti-tweet yan kung talaga nangyayari yan

or mangyayari yan. But, at least, in terms of

statement, hindi siya

masyado aggressive while

championing democracy. That's the part that, as I said,

kaya nga minensyon ko itong

Great Wall of Democracy in Asia.

Right? The Great Wall of Democracy in Asia.

I mentioned that.

Nevertheless, let's

look at the response of China.

Of course, hindi na natuwang China.

Importantly, actually, China summoned

our ambassador

to express

their

complaint

dito sa nangyayari.

So, let's go to anong drama

ng China. Drama, drama.

Drama, drama, drama.

Okay.

Labas natin dito.

Okay.

Okay.

So,

China summoned the ambassador from the

Philippines and warned the country

not to play with

fire.

Oh, yan.

Okay.

Diyan.

After President Marcos Jr. congratulated

President Lai Chingte.

Grabe naman yung mga memes dyan. Sabi niya,

SD card president versus ano. Grabe.

Huwag naman kaya ganyan. Huwag naman kaya mag-meme.

Presidente natin yan.

Sabi ng China, President Marcos gravely

violated the one China principle.

Iyan ang sinasabi ko eh.

Went against political commitments to China and interfered

in China's internal affairs. So, again, sabi ko,

the one China principle says that

ultimate sovereignty from Taiwan

to people's rights, all of that falls

with essentially the regime in charge.

There.

So, hindi sila natuwa

and accordingly, they have called upon

the Philippine ambassador

to complain it. So, essentially, kind of

papagalitan lang nila.

Oh, padala mo yung gano'n lang nila.

Well, sa bagay, ginagawa rin natin

yan sa ambassador ng

China dito. Paggalit tayo sa kanila.

May pagbubuli silang ginawa.

Eh, kaya nga, medyo tayimik na eh, diba?

Medyo tayimik na yung

ambassador ng China

dahil pinagalitan din natin na maraming

beses at medyo nagkalat-kalat na rin siya

throughout the years.

Anyway,

let me get back to this.

So, what are we gonna

look forward to here?

Alam ko, kapon medyo nagkarantayan ng mga problema

sa technicalities and all.

But, let me explain to you

what I think should be the way forward.

I'm working on a couple of articles

on that. Pwede nyo also

check yourself later on.

But,

my thing is,

I am for the

Philippines to get more

out of its relationship with Taiwan

because napaka

underdeveloped itong relationship natin.

I had a chance to meet both

President Ma Ying-ju in the past when he was the

president, also President Tsai Ing-wen, the outgoing

president. And usually, you know,

my sense is pagkausap natin yung mga Taiwan,

is, ang sasabihin nila, napaka-underdeveloped,

napaka-lead yung level of communication

between Philippines and Taiwan considering how close

the two countries are geographically

and also in terms of our democratic system,

at least compared to other. I mean, like, we have more

in common with Taiwan than many ASEAN countries

in terms of political values, culture, etc.

The other thing I have to also

mention here is that

ang tingin sinabi ko,

kapon, if you look at Taiwan, this is

the center of the universe when it comes

to production of the most important technology

of our era, which is semiconductor.

TSMC is huge,

gigantic. It's a trillion

dollar industry we're talking about as far as

the semiconductor industry is concerned.

So, para sa akin, medyo nasasayangan ako

because ang Pilipinas ay pwede

pumasok dun sa eksena in the sense that

we can be part of the production network

of semiconductors.

Of course, we cannot do the most high-end

ones that they do,

but we can be involved in the more mid to high range

and also in terms of product design,

packaging, things like that. Which, by

the way, Malaysia,

Vietnam, and Thailand are competing for.

So, we should have

actually a

kind of advantage

over Vietnam, Malaysia, and

Thailand if we

approach Taiwan

correctly and aggressively push

for investments. Now, getting investments

from Taiwan is not against one-China policy.

There's nothing in the one-China policy that says

hindi pwede mag-invest sa Taiwan sa bansa.

In fact, Taiwan ay isa sa mga pinakamalaki

investors sa Vietnam.

Taiwan ay malaki investors din sa

Thailand, and increasingly also

in Indonesia and Malaysia.

So, actually, I am 100% for

more Taiwanese investments in the Philippines,

particular dun sa mga

pinaka-high level

na Taiwanese product

productions like semiconductors.

Of course, realistic din tayo na

we cannot do the best of the best,

but if we can be kind of part of the process,

then the Philippines will also be more

important. In fact, isang dahilan

na ang taas ng

interest ng mga Western countries,

na protektaan ng Taiwan, is because

they cannot lose Taiwan to China.

And they cannot lose Taiwan per se, because

any war in Taiwan means disruption of the

global supply chain and trade.

Kung mahala lang yung panahon ng pandemic,

maraming mga kotse late tumarating,

yung mga gusto mong pumili ng kotse,

or maraming bagay, dahil yung mga

computer chips and semiconductors nila,

may mga

bottlenecks dun sa

delivery and supply chains. So,

kunting delay lang dito, biglang

isang milyong kotse sa Toyota ang hindi pwede deliver.

So, ganyan ka-importante

ang Taiwan. 30% of total

chips, more than 90% of all

high-end chips in the world, which

operate your most advanced drones, military

facilities, military equipment,

sorry, your cars, your high-tech

laptops and high-tech cars, so on

and so forth. So, I am

for more aggressively pushing for

semiconductor cooperation with Taiwan, and

we should have a leg up compared to

let's say Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia

who've been juicing their relationship with Taiwan for

far too long. Yun ang problema sa atin eh.

Marami tayong mga

geopolitical and values, blabla,

pero sa economic, medyo huling-huli tayo

sa laro eh. Sayang. Kasi may

sounder and strategy yung Taiwan to invest more

in ASEAN, so that hindi rin sila gano'ng

kadependent sa China. Kasi yung isang problema

ng Taiwan is marami sa kanilang companies, like

Foxconn,

which assembles Apple

products in China. So, parating mga henyo dyan

nagsayang yung mga kapiliklaw,

kung ayaw mo si China, huwag kang bumili ng Apple. Well, except,

well, when it comes to Apple, the design is American,

right? The

engineer is American, the

company that actually oversees its production

in China is Taiwanese, right? So,

kung ayaw mo rin sa Apple,

dapat ayaw mo rin sa Amerika, ayaw mo rin sa Taiwan.

Kung gusto mo ng China,

hindi huwag ka na manood ng NBA. Yung alam mo yung

ridiculous na argument na gano'n. I'm just showing

how ridiculous those arguments are. But anyway,

so, there's so much

to do here. But, katulad

ng sinabi ko kaapon,

dun sa what should be the Philippine

strategy, how should we approach it, what should

we do, para sa akin,

we have to have

communications channels with

Taiwan, and talk to the Taiwanese,

and encourage them to

find a reasonable

relationship with China. Because,

katulad ng sinabi ko, both China

and Taiwan have an interest in making

sure they don't go to war.

Magyayabang ang China, magta-threaten-threaten

sila, gagawa sila ng military

drill soon, mag-sanction-sanction

sila. But even China, alam nila,

magiging Putin 2.0 sila

pag sumugod sila sa Taiwan ngayon, right?

Mas durog ang

mangyayari sa kanila, kumpara dun sa

nangyayari sa Russia when they invaded Ukraine.

Yung mga first few months and all.

But at the same time,

yung Taiwan din, dapat mag-effort

ng konti, na

ma-reassure. Hindi mo ma-reassure

yung China, but

to find

a quiet

backdoor diplomacy.

Because, as I said,

if Taiwan and China can kind

of keep things

on an even keel,

medyo just below the threshold of full confrontation,

then, hindi tayo masastress

ng mga Amerikano

or ibang bansa,

nabibigyan natin sila ng mga ETCA bases

dyan malapit sa Taiwan. Because, to be honest,

I see the value in that,

but dapat hinahinay lang tayo dyan.

Dahil dapat unayin natin dito

yung sarili natin national interest.

And ang sabi ko, yung ETCA at yung mga

bases na malapit sa Taiwan, pwede din natin

maging leverage point yan, pagkausap

natin ng China. Sabihin natin sa China,

kung kayo ay tuloy-tuloy yung pagbubuli

nyo sa atin, sa West Philippine Sea,

sa Yung Insyol, kung hindi nyo,

kung i-disrupt nyo yung ating

fortification plants dyan sa Yung Insyol,

at saka yung mga planan natin na i-develop, yung mga

facilities sa Pag-asa,

sa Lawak Island,

sa Juan Felipe, etc.,

edi lagot kayo sa amin, kasi

bibigyan namin ng mga Amerikano ng mga malalaking

bases dyan sa North, and we'll do

more intelligence sharing and security cooperation

although quietly, with Taiwan. So we have

that option. We have that option.

And doon, doon,

meron tayong interest. Okay?

Doon talaga meron tayong interest. Okay?

This is a very important thing to keep in mind.

Yung mga, yan naman yung mga

mga ka-TikTokers,

huwag naman ni, ano, huwag natin

pag-usapan yung mga blogger,

trawlers, yung mga ganon. Seryosong bagay yan.

If you wanna learn something real here,

from a real expert, who actually has real

publication, who actually went to, you know,

has taught in real university,

you know, huwag na natin pag-usapan

yung mga iba. Ako naman,

game naman ako eh, diba? Dinabaten natin kung

sino-sino yung mga blogger-blogger dyan. But,

for me, that was just, you know, ticking the box

and moving forward. Okay? So,

huwag ni sayangin yung espasyo

doon. Napakaganda yung comment section.

Pwede kayo magtanong ng mabuti,

pwede kayo magbigay ng moral support,

pwede kayo magbigay ng

constructive criticism. Ayan ang problema

kasi sa atin eh. Pag may matinong

tao na nagvlog, matinong

sinisabi, may free lecture

dyan, ayan, magkita-struck-struck

na dyan sa comment section. Kaya,

paano tayo aasayin sa kung ganyan yung

ugali natin? Diba? Mga kameta.

Anyway,

so yun po yung crux ng

concern natin. So, let's see how things are gonna move forward.

Nevertheless, in fairness

sa DFA, DFA made it clear

one China policy pa rin tayo.

Right? That yung statement by

President of

the Philippines was, you know, just a general

congratulations and all, and

it doesn't mean any significant

fundamental shift in our foreign policy.

Right?

Sinasabi na sa China, huwag kayo magdrama

masyado. Misan, yun din ang sinasabi ko eh.

As much as we should not

unnecessarily

provoke China or any country, at the same time,

huwag rin tayo mag, ano,

huwag tayo mag-stage mother sa kanila.

Huwag tayo mag, ano, baby sa kanila.

Alright? Ang laking-laking bansa,

parati silang nagingay na parang bata.

Ito, the Department of Foreign Affairs

said the Philippines remains committed to one China policy

and ayon sa kanila,

yes, President Marcos congratulated

as his way of thanking

them for hosting our OFWs.

What? 200,000 Pilipinas nandiyan?

Ang dami mga Pilipinas dyan.

But, you know, this doesn't mean na pinapalitan natin

yung position natin sa one China policy.

Ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs,

the message of the President congratulating the new President was

his way of thanking them for hosting

our OFWs and holding a successful

democratic process. Nevertheless,

the Philippine reaffirms, it's one China policy.

So, yun ang sinasabi ko.

Magdrama-drama siya. At saka, minsan magdadrama

talaga ng China. Huwag nang pansinin. But,

nevertheless,

that's why mahirap ang

diplomacy and strategy. Nevertheless,

huwag ka rin mugsulsol, di ba? Huwag nang

trigger-trigger din yung necessary. You find the right

balance. Alright? That's why it's important we have

responsible good people in the DFA

and other departments to do the proper diplomacy.

On that note, thank you very much

mga kameta. Talk to you soon.

God bless and

abangan bukas. R&R

Mari Test. Pag-usapan natin ang nangyari

behind the scenes. Alam naman si Ronald

ang maraming mga Mari Test dyan. Ako,

mabait na tao lang tayo. Matinilang tayo.

Nice nang usapan. So, thank you very much sa mga

followers natin in different platforms.

Dito, of course, sa Facebook. Thank you very much.

God bless. Also, dito sa

TikTok. May isa lang

naman naman sa Hawaii. Dalawa lang.

And also, dito sa YouTube.

On that note, God bless and

talk to you soon.